The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.

No sinner has the right to say with impunity, 'God you owe me grace.' If grace is owed, it is not grace. The very essence of grace is its voluntary character. God reserves to himself the sovereign, absolute right to give grace to some and withhold that grace from others.

Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of his skepticism and join the battle.

The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.

In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

As soon as a baby enters the world, the baby is immediately introduced to pain. It is somewhat symbolic that life begins with a cry.